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The largest German club, Bayern Munich, has warned its players that their salaries will decrease faster than increase, even if efforts are made to reduce expenses by cutting the number of players in the team.
In recent years, a large part of European football clubs has been shaken by financial problems - as a result, players' prices have dropped significantly, and now clubs are forced to save. The financial crisis has also affected Germany, where only a couple of clubs can afford to pay large sums for players. However, even these clubs, in order not to fall into debt, are forced to try to spend as little as possible.
"One thing is clear: the market has changed, and not to the benefit of the players," said Bayern president Karl-Heinz Rummenigge. "The days when salaries were constantly increasing are over. It is much more likely that from now on footballers' earnings will decrease."
The head of the leading club in the Bundesliga also spoke about plans to reduce the number of players in the team: "Currently we have 26 players in the team, but we believe that 22 would be a fairer size, as we want to make room for the best players from the youth team."
Asked about future acquisitions, Bayern's president only promised to bring back Stuttgart's national team defender Philipp Lahm, who has shown himself in the last couple of seasons and is now considered one of the most promising players in the country.
"We will bring back Philipp Lahm from Stuttgart, he will definitely strengthen the left-back position. I don't think we need many new players. We don't need to buy four players every year, sometimes one or two would be enough. However, it will all depend on how well we achieve our goals, and we won't know that until April or May," Rummenigge said.
